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When you set a goal, it's a personal thing, and that goal should be very big, hairy and audacious.
Tony Bates

Meaning of "hairy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIRY

hairy  [ˈhɛərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hairy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HAIRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hair

Hair is a filamentous biomaterial that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair. Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth, hair types and hair care, but hair is also an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein, notably keratin. Attitudes towards hair, such as hairstyles and hair removal, vary widely across different cultures and historical periods, but it is often used to indicate a person's personal beliefs or social position, such as their age, gender, or religion.

Definition of hairy in the English dictionary

The first definition of hairy in the dictionary is having or covered with hair. Other definition of hairy is difficult or problematic. Hairy is also scaring, dangerous, or exciting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAIRY


aerie
ˈɛərɪ
airy
ˈɛərɪ
Azeri
əˈzɛərɪ
canary
kəˈnɛərɪ
Carey
ˈkɛərɪ
Cary
ˈkɛərɪ
chary
ˈtʃɛərɪ
clary
ˈklɛərɪ
consigliere
ˌkɒnsɪglɪˈɛərɪ
dairy
ˈdɛərɪ
fairy
ˈfɛərɪ
Mary
ˈmɛərɪ
miserere
ˌmɪzəˈrɛərɪ
nary
ˈnɛərɪ
non-dairy
ˌnɒnˈdɛərɪ
prairie
ˈprɛərɪ
scary
ˈskɛərɪ
Tipperary
ˌtɪpəˈrɛərɪ
vary
ˈvɛərɪ
wary
ˈwɛərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIRY

hairnet
hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin bend
hairpin curve
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspray
hairspring
hairstreak
hairstyle
hairstylist
hairtail
hairweaving
hairwork
hairworm
hairy frog
hairy tare
hairy willowherb
hairyback

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIRY

airy-fairy
board of inquiry
camstairy
commission of inquiry
committee of inquiry
court of inquiry
enquiry
expiry
glairy
inquiry
judicial inquiry
lairy
miry
parliamentary inquiry
public enquiry
public inquiry
spiry
tooth fairy
vairy
wiry

Synonyms and antonyms of hairy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HAIRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hairy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hairy

Translation of «hairy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIRY

Find out the translation of hairy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hairy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hairy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多毛的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peludo
570 millions of speakers

English

hairy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बालों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أَشْعَر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волосатый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peludo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোমশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poilu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

behaart
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

毛深い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

털이 많은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rambut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rậm lông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹேரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केसाळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıllı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

owłosiony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волохатий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păros
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλλιαρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hårete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hairy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRY»

The term «hairy» is very widely used and occupies the 6.402 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hairy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hairy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hairy

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10 QUOTES WITH «HAIRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hairy.
1
Tony Bates
When you set a goal, it's a personal thing, and that goal should be very big, hairy and audacious.
2
Bat for Lashes
I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits - I was really digging it, but they were like, 'We'll airbrush that out.'
3
Charles Darwin
Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
4
Cornelia Funke
I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.
5
Christine Lagarde
Gender-dominated environments are not good... particularly in the financial sector where there are too few women. In gender-dominated environments, men have a tendency to... show how hairy chested they are, compared with the man who's sitting next to them. I honestly think that there should never be too much testosterone in one room.
6
Nancy Lublin
If most people were to take a moment to picture in their minds the average, not-for-profit, save-the-world girl, they... well, they probably wouldn't, because who wants to think about hemp, hairy legs, and Birkenstocks? But I'd rather eat a pair of Birkenstocks than put them on my feet, and I love, love, love my Christian Louboutins.
7
Leslie Mann
Women love hairy men. Cavemen were the sexiest men in history.
8
Demetri Martin
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.
9
Jenna McCarthy
The man you married is yours to have and to hold for the rest of ever, even if he starts chewing tobacco or decides to pierce his hairy nipple and buy a Corvette, because you very plainly said - or at least implied - you were in it for better or for worse.
10
George Michael
I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIRY»

Discover the use of hairy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hairy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight
In this groundbreaking diet book, Si and Dave have come up with tasty recipes that are low in calories and big on flavour. This is real food for real people, not skinny minnies.
Hairy Bikers, 2012
2
Yetis, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants
Author and adventurer David Hatcher Childress takes the reader on a fantastic journey across the Himalayas to Europe and North America in his quest for Yeti, Sasquatch and Hairy Giants.
David Hatcher Childress, 2010
3
When Hippo Was Hairy: And Other Tales from Africa
Keenly aware of the needless destruction of wildlife as a result of ever-expanding population growth and the greedy, land-hungry actions of man, the author brings together a collection of fables told by different African tribes that mirror ...
Nick Greaves, 2006
4
Hairy Roots
Hairy roots are plant roots that have been genetically transformed and can be cultured on a large scale to replace whole plants for investigating plant secondary metabolism and its genetic manipulation, producing foreign proteins, ...
John W. Doran, 1997
5
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Hairy Maclary and his friends go for a walk and meet tough tomcat Scarface Claw.
Lynley Dodd, 2010
6
Hairy Henry
Henry refuses to have his hair cut until it grows so high that it is in everyone's way.
Alan Katz, 2007
7
Hairy Horror Trick
Two boys attempt to persuade a cousin to remain quiet about a secret chemistry set by mixing a startling potion that unexpectedly grows hair on their faces and makes the dog hairless.
Scott Corbett, Paul Galdone, 1985
8
Wormy, the Hairy Caterpillar, and the Rainbow
Wormy, the hairy caterpillar, can't wait to become a beautiful butterfly likehis friends. He learns patience is hard, but worth the wait.
Olga Villa, 2009
9
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
5-7 yrs.
Brian P. Cleary, 2009
10
The Hairy Dieters Eat for Life: How to Love Food, Lose ...
Packed with 80 delicious low-calorie recipes, tips, and techniques to learn, this collection of diet recipes is the Hairy Bikers at their best. Si King and Dave Myers are the nation's favourite food heroes.
Hairy Bikers, Si King, Dave Myers, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hairy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Curly, Hairy and Woe
Curly, Hairy, and Woe: The story of a girl's struggle with her hair. If my life were a TV sitcom, that would be the title. While I can't necessarily ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
'Wiley and the Hairy Man': Chills, thrills and laughter as Sturgis …
In Sturgis Youth Theatre's “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” young Wiley must find the strength and use his imagination to outwit the Hairy Man. «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»
3
Sweeten-Shults: Race relations get hairy in case of 'cultural …
Sweeten-Shults: Race relations get hairy in case of 'cultural appropriation'. 4:29 PM, Jul 13, 2015. lana sweeten-shults opinion. Associated Press file From left, ... «Times Record News, Jul 15»
4
Hairy Holler "St. James Infirmary Blues" (video)
Oshawa, ON, eight-piece Hairy Holler have described their sound as "sleazy tavern pick pocket music" and they continue to rep that ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
5
Celebrities Who Don't Shave Their Armpits Give Greater Visibility …
As a feminine person who prefers to keep all of their hairy bits, well, hairy, it is encouraging for me to see mainstream celebrities like Miley ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
6
Animator Hayao Miyazaki's new film is about a hairy caterpillar, his …
KOGANEI, Japan (AP) — The master of animation Hayao Miyazaki has revealed that his new short film is about a tiny hairy caterpillar and will ... «Newser, Jul 15»
7
Bertie Carvel to lead the cast of The Hairy Ape
Written by Nobel prize-winner Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape is the second production in Matthew Warchus' tenure as artistic director. «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
8
Open Book to Stage WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN at Market Center …
Wiley and the Hairy Man, by Suzan Zeder is a spine tingling tale based on an old American folktale. It tells the story of a young boy named ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
9
8 Hairy Lessons From a Parody Startup That's All About Beards
In case you've missed it, beards are back. And as evidenced by what we see from sports figures to celebrities, they may be here to stay. «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
10
1000 Miles From Normal: The Hairy Who Artists on Their Comic …
A case in point: the Hairy Who, the group of six Art Institute of Chicago–trained artists who, during the 1960s, became well-known in their city for ... «ARTnews, Jul 15»

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